AG Pam Bondi calls for changes to oil spill claims process

While BP oil spill claims czar Ken Feinberg is under fire at a House economic affairs subcommittee meeting today, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has called for changes to claims process. "The claims process needs to be fair, transparent and as quick as possible in paying bona fide claims," Bondi said in a prepared statement. "Each claim is a person or business whose livelihood has been deeply affected by the oil spill and they need to be compensated."

* Provide clear explanation to each claimants as to why their payments were were reduced or denied.

Gov. Rick Scott met with Feinberg last night, and Bondi met with him this morning. Feinberg told the House committee today that both Scott and Bondi told him transparency with the claims process are their top concerns.

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